Mechanical and pharmacological restraints in acute psychiatric wards-Why and how are they used?

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-97

  Knutzen, Maria ^a,b   Bjørkly, Stål ^a,c   Eidhammer, Gunnar ^a,d   Lorentzen, Steinar ^b,e   Helen Mjøsund, Nina ^d   Opjordsmoen, Stein ^d,e   Sandvik, Leiv ^a   Friis, Svein ^b,e  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^d VESTRE VIKEN HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute psychiatry; Coercion; Emergency services; Mechanical restraint; Pharmacological restraint

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RESTRAINING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SEDATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUTE PSYCHIATRY; COERCION; EMERGENCY SERVICES; MECHANICAL RESTRAINT; PHARMACOLOGICAL RESTRAINT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881542092     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.11.017     Document Type: Article

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